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There's that word again. What was it supposed to chuffing mean, again?

Sun outsources UK support engineers
40 unchuffed techies
7 Jul 2004 16:21
http://www.theregister.co.uk/

JaR
Insourced Thug

JaR wrote:

> There's that word again. What was it supposed to chuffing mean, again?
>
> Sun outsources UK support engineers
> 40 unchuffed techies
> 7 Jul 2004 16:21
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/
>

And while we're at it. From the same page:

Big.biz still keen to export jobs
Offshoring grows like Topsy

Topsy???

How does one "grow like Topsy"

Who or what is this Topsy?

F'n Brits.

JaR
Confused Thug

http://english2american.com/dictionary/c.html

as for grow like topsy...
not sure.. best guess is from book..


"JaR" <> wrote in message
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> There's that word again. What was it supposed to chuffing mean, again?
>
> Sun outsources UK support engineers
> 40 unchuffed techies
> 7 Jul 2004 16:21
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/
>
> JaR
> Insourced Thug

>-----Original Message-----
>There's that word again. What was it supposed to chuffing
mean, again?
>
>Sun outsources UK support engineers
>40 unchuffed techies
>7 Jul 2004 16:21
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/
>
>JaR
>Insourced Thug
>.
From Merriam-Webster on line(www.m-w.com/cgi-
bin/dictionary)

Main Entry: chuffed
Pronunciation: 'ch&ft
Function: adjective
Etymology: English dialect chuff pleased, puffed with fat
British : PROUD, SATISFIED

Therefor the "unchuffed" techies can't get no satisfaction.

B)
Take out the trash befor you email me.

Lost wrote:
> From Merriam-Webster on line(www.m-w.com/cgi-
> bin/dictionary)
>
> Main Entry: chuffed
> Pronunciation: 'ch&ft
> Function: adjective
> Etymology: English dialect chuff pleased, puffed with fat
> British : PROUD, SATISFIED
>
> Therefor the "unchuffed" techies can't get no satisfaction.

I still say brits make stuff up as it pleases them. A short while ago,
one of them used the term as; "Not chuffing likely" or words to that effect.

And I still need a def for "Growing like Topsy"

JaR
Bargling Thug

Illiterate bastard.
Topsy is from an American classic of literature, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Growing like Topsy means growing uncontrollably, or wild.

"JaR" <> wrote in message
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> JaR wrote:
>
> > There's that word again. What was it supposed to chuffing mean, again?
> >
> > Sun outsources UK support engineers
> > 40 unchuffed techies
> > 7 Jul 2004 16:21
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/
> >
>
> And while we're at it. From the same page:
>
> Big.biz still keen to export jobs
> Offshoring grows like Topsy
>
> Topsy???
>
> How does one "grow like Topsy"
>
> Who or what is this Topsy?
>
> F'n Brits.
>
> JaR
> Confused Thug

poco wrote:
> Illiterate bastard.
> Topsy is from an American classic of literature, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
> Growing like Topsy means growing uncontrollably, or wild.

<Golf clap>

poco wrote:

> Illiterate bastard.

You better have been smilin' when you typed that, pilgrim.

> Topsy is from an American classic of literature, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
> Growing like Topsy means growing uncontrollably, or wild.
>

I read that book ~40 years ago. But even if I'd read it more recently, I
probably still wouldn't have made that connection.

I still contend that Brits just make that stuff up as needed.

Furrfu!

JaR

"billyw" <> wrote in message
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WTF. Why don't they speak English in England?

dunno.. i dont live in england...



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